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Joining Beyoncé in making history is “Album of the Year” winner Taylor Swift, who became the first female to ever win that category three times. She won for her eighth studio album, “Folklore."

DMX was a club record megastar, with songs like “Party Up (Up in Here)” and “Ruff Ryders Anthem” still actively on your local DJ’s playlist though they were released over 20 years ago.

Very few artists have released two full albums, a documentary, re-records of past releases, and live studio sessions all within the same year. Taylor Swift has accomplished all this and more throughout 2020 and into the beginning of 2021.

For 28 years, Daft Punk pushed the envelope of what was possible in music production. Their recording techniques were often replicated and used in pop music until they came out with something new that restarted the cycle.

An album for the traumatized masses, Langhorne Slim’s “Strawberry Mansion” aims to turn the page, if only for a moment, from the seemingly never-ending barrage of insanity and anxiety defining American life.

“For most of us musicians, it’s not just the job. It’s our whole identity, it’s our whole world, it’s an extension of our personality.”

"It was really difficult to rehearse over Zoom or FaceTime, because it’s impossible to play together ... We didn’t do any digital rehearsal. There were a lot of emails that went back and forth about bowings and phrasing and tempos."

COVID-19 has changed everything, but has impacted the performing arts greatly. According to Americans for the Arts, $13.9 billion have been lost by non-profit arts and cultural organizations as of Oct. 5.

Clocking in at 80 minutes, the collection of 15 songs is a relentless barrage of mind-numbing, monotonal and experimental noise, curiously intertwined with Stevens' recognizable vocals and personal stories.

Delta Spirit’s first full-length in six years, “What Is There,” is the perfect addition to your fall playlist.